Lugari Member of Parliament Nabii Nabwera has announced that he will table a motion in Parliament to disband the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) following what he called an unfair and biased teacher promotion exercise.
Speaking at Kulumbeni village in Lugari, Kakamega County during the launch of a road reconstruction project, Nabwera strongly condemned the recent promotions by the TSC, accusing the Commission of favouritism, tribalism, and lack of regional balance.The MP expressed disappointment with how the promotion process was handled and said it did not reflect fairness or merit.
He stated that the Commission had ignored the needs of counties with large numbers of teachers like Kakamega and instead applied a one-size-fits-all approach that gave each region an equal number of promotions, despite differences in population and teacher distribution.
According to Nabwera, such actions are not only unfair but also show that the Commission does not understand the principle of equity. He said promoting teachers equally in all regions without considering the number of teachers in each area was a serious mistake.
Nabwera went on to say that the TSC should repeat the promotion exercise and do it in a more transparent and fair manner. He warned that if the Commission fails to correct its mistakes, he would not only push for its disbandment but also recommend that Parliament stop giving it more funds.
He made it clear that he would be asking his colleagues in Parliament to support the suspension of any additional funding to TSC until the issue is resolved.The MP also revealed that the parliamentary education committee, of which he is a member, had summoned TSC officials to appear before them and explain how the promotions were done.
He challenged the chairperson of the Commission to take responsibility and address the matter, warning that failure to do so would result in an impeachment motion being filed against them.
Nabwera stressed that many teachers in the country, especially those who have served for decades without promotion, are deeply disappointed. He pointed out that there are teachers who have worked for 58 or even 59 years but have never been recognized or promoted, despite their long service.
He believes that teachers across the country will support his move because the current system is failing them.His strong remarks came just two days after the Teachers Service Commission released a list of 25,252 teachers who had been promoted to various ranks. The full list was published on the Commission’s website on April 2.
The promotions followed a series of interviews held earlier in the year, from January 13 to January 23 for primary school teachers, and from January 25 to February 6 for post-primary school teachers. TSC said the goal was to reward teachers for their hard work and dedication, but Nabwera insists the process was flawed and must be redone.
